We empower kinship and grandfamilies raising children with complex need including disabilities or chronic illnesses by providing case management, support groups, education, and other essential resources. We help families navigate challenges and access the resources they need to keep their relative children out of the foster care system and in the care of their families.
What We Do
Who We Serve
ISDD proudly serves kinship caregivers and grandfamilies across Metro Atlanta. Kinship caregivers are relatives—such as grandparents, aunts, uncles, or even close family friends—who take on the responsibility of raising children when their biological parents are unable to care for them due to illness, death, mental illness, deployment, substance use, incarceration, or other challenges. Grandfamilies, a specific type of kinship family, are households where grandparents are the primary caregivers for their grandchildren.
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Click on the pictures to read stories of kinship caregivers and the children they are raising.
Meet The Kinship Families We Serve
Our FY2024-2025 Impact
227
Families Strengthened
$58K+
Provided in direct emergency aid
2500+
Hours of individualized case management
152
Hours of support groups to strengthen emotional and mental well-being
469
Children successfully kept out of foster care